Eddie Van Halen 1984 Rehearsal Jam part 2 SOUNDBOARD

[takeuchitb007]

man he plays with so much attack and feel, he sounds sick while he's playing around with the house of pain riff..

[NINMILLA009]

only eddie can play that unique sound, you can tell by the way he attacks the tapping,  palm mutes, scale runs, pinch harmonics, tap harmonics and that warm brown sound!

[ZiataGuitars]

Awe-inspiring recording, thanks for sharing.

[matteau23]

Listen closely at 4:15.. that riff is the very end of Take Me Back (Deja Vu) from Balance.. played in 1984.. just brilliant.. like Eddie time warped for just 3 seconds.

[flashback917]

@partatio if you listen to the end of jump he plays that riff.

[partatio]

wtf??? top of the world in 1984??? i dont understand

[partatio]

wtf??? top of teh worls.. in 1984 ??

[Axemaster5150]

@partatio That is when he wrote that riff. Eddie even talks about that in an interview he did in the 90's. Might even have been 'Behind the music ' right after For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge

[groovee63]

Every Guitarist or musician has a signature style.... It CANNOT be copied

[theShowStopper321]

This is how Ed practiced from his youth all thru his career, just sitting somewhere noodling and randomly playing, but those random tidbits turned into creative musical ideas.

[theShowStopper321]

That's some heavy reverb.  Or maybe he's just using his EP3 with the repeats turned totally off.

[algerosa]

incredible!!! love it!!!

[donottawaguitar]

guitar school grand master class

[whalefan5150]

sounds like his soldano maybe

[moshman79]

I dont care what some of you guitar wannabees think, this is eddie van halen no doubt about it, sounds like him his style sounds the same, listen to van halen and figure it out man.

[TheGovernorJason]

This is pure gold here. I would have killed to have had some of these old recordings when I was younger, but they're still valuable now. Eddie is in peak form here, and that tone is just crushing. It really doesn't get any better than this.

[rain1ny]

This is not Eddie van Halen people, you are being fooled

[liquor1978]

You can see me play in Texas . I was not cutting Eddie down please read comment again. I said " I don't think it's him" if it is then he is no longer What he was. Cheers mate!

[liquor1978]

don't think this is real. if it is , then i am better than this!!!! whatever!!!

[weathered150]

@liquor1978-considering he was one of, if not the best , you must be pretty damn good and making lots and lots of money!!! If you can play as well as the master then I assume that you are or will be on a tour. PLEASE tell me when and where I can see you play!!!

[MishuTaste]

I could listen to this all day long!

[fredpfarnsworth]

This isn't Eddie. Whoever it is sucks.

[rockinghell91]

@fredpfarnsworth whaaaaat? this so evidently eddie, any guitarist can tell his style instantly, let alone with his trademark juicy tone.

[mikefont69]

@fredpfarnsworth you OBVIOUSLY do not know what in the hell you are talking about, so do yourself a favor and don't open your mouth. Your just showing people how ignorant you are! That is ABSOLUTELY Eddie!

[justinbonito]

Why doesn't David Lee Roth have rehearsal videos of him just howling n screaming n doing that raspy shit he does? haha but needless to say, VH killed that shit in the clip

[jordanIV80]

You can tell this is him playing! Genuine Awesomeness

[Schecter725]

anybody know what he's playing at :16 :40 is romeo delight i think... :51 1:21 .....2:27 i think is spanish fly and what is 4:01 ?

[LiveAction77]

@Schecter725 Hang em High is a 0:16

[jpuddesteragmailcom]

@Schecter725 I hear a mix of past and present... :16 strikes my ear as nothing other than EVH soul you're hearing... the experiments at 1:13, 1:50, and 4:00 to 4:13 evolved into 'Get Up'... :31 through 1:04 is all 'House Of Pain'... 1:35 to 1:41 is a failed request for feedback (his guitar wouldn't give him what he wanted)... 1:54 to 2:13 is {amazingly} 'Top Of The World', 2:48 to 2:52 is 'Spanish Fly'... 3:09 to 3:11 reminds me of the intro to 'Mean Street'...

[theShowStopper321]

I think this was before the recording of 1984. House of Pain is in here, but he wrote that song in the 1970s so it doesn't prove that its after 1984. He probably came up with the Top of the World riff just fuckin around in the 80s, and finally wrote a song around it with Sammy.

[mikefont69]

@theShowStopper321 The "Top of the World" riff is actually the outro riff from "Jump"! Go back and give it a listen.

[Guitfiddlejase]

@mikefont69 I never thought of that before!

[REDSOXNYG]

3:11 seconds in is some of the most beautiful tapping I've heard

[krickymer]

3:34 - 3:43 , Classic eddie riff!! Boy ,do I miss that shit!!

[mesa401]

The best......

[Christodoulos]

3:11 - 3:36

I can masterbate to that!!!

[eddiehalenvan]

and if you listen close you can hear parts of panama from 1984

[eddiehalenvan]

i believe this is from 83.84 coz the top of the world intro dont hear finished if you know what i mean

[bolivraga]

Wow. Small snapshot of Eddie, and perhaps guitar, at a zenith...

[BenCrazy424]

Close to the beginning, u can hear house of pain riffs.

[sw1tched]

1:51 haha TOP OF THE WORLD RIFF in 1984...awesome...you can also here it at the end of jump

[jkontrad]

Listening to this makes it very clear: People can learn to play Van Halen songs, but no one will ever sound like Edward Van Halen. A controlled explosion of notes.

[Guitarwannabee]

Eddie is even Better than I thought.....

[kenroy916]

@Guitarwannabee i know the goddamn bastard. I'll get him one of these days

[Guitarwannabee]

Yes no Doubt thats Ed.... Curts not even close

[NukeCulear]

He plays "Top of the World" at one part. Which was the ending riff to "Jump".

[johnnybeane]

i remember this from the "guitarman" boot cd from the 90's. that said this was eddie jamming at 5150 and was a small section that was taken from hours and hours of a recording. who knows but it is from 1983 or 1984 sometime

[VanHalenStoreDOTcom]

The "guitarman" CD was mostly bogus, because the majority of the tracks were actually from a guitar instructional tape by Curt Mitchell. This gem, however, was tacked on to the end. And yes, it's real Eddie.

[johnnybeane]

yes i know. i always thought they meant the end was from hours of tape but thinking back now i guess they were talking about the whole cd. thanks for posting! i sold that cd years ago.

[Axemaster5150]

@VanHalenStoreDOTcom I'm glad I"m not the only one that recognized that as being Curt Mitchell , since I had his lessons in the early 90's